In the palace, because of the old princess's orders, no one dared to discuss the Shen family's affairs, but outside the palace, no one could restrain them.
Fifteen years ago, Mrs.
Liu gave birth to Shen Yue in a coffin.
It was so shocking.
Many women, especially those who had given birth to children, admired Mrs.
Liu.
Now, if I listen to it again, it turns out that Mrs.
Liu was burned to death.
It wasn't an accident, it was calculated.
Everyone felt that even if the murderers, namely Madam and Mrs.
Qin, died ten thousand times, it would not be enough.
Besides, Mrs.
Qin and the eldest lady were taken to the Ministry of Punishment.
They both knew that a disaster was coming and they would not be merciful.
However, there is still a glimmer of hope.
As long as they grit their teeth and refuse to admit it, the letter is torn up again, and there is no other witness.
Who can do anything to them?
If they really confessed, not only would they die, but they would not even be able to protect their daughter.
The two of them made up their minds and refused to plead guilty.
The Minister of Punishment repeatedly asked, but they were very angry and had no answer at all.
Usually at this time, the Ministry of Punishment can only use punishment to force questioning.
It's just that the eldest lady and the Qin family have special status.
They are both imperial wives, and the eldest lady is also the mother-in-law of Chongzu Hou Shizi.
However, Chu Muyuan ordered that he be interrogated as he should, without any scruples.
After much hesitation, the Minister of Punishment decided to torture both of them.
However, before the punishment could be applied to the eldest lady, the Minister of Punishment was so angry that he had to beat her into submission and was bribed by Prince Xuan to throw dirty water on her.
The Minister of Punishment has tried countless cases, but he has never seen a woman who was so stubborn that she would beat him up even though the evidence was conclusive.
No wonder Prince Xuan has to be handed over to the Ministry of Justice for trial.
Who can do anything to her in the Shen family?
The Minister of Punishment threw the punishment order on the ground and said, "Hit me."
After dozens of strokes, the skin and flesh were bruised by the beatings, but the eldest lady not only refused to plead guilty, but also complained that she was wronged.
Qin was knocked unconscious immediately and then woken up by being splashed with water.
After beating the board and clamping the stick, the Minister of Punishment was gone.
There were a lot of tortures in the Ministry of Punishment, beating with boards and clamping sticks were considered light ones.
Of course, the lightest ones were probably hunger and thirst.
The other tortures would make people’s hair stand on end just to mention them, such as cannon burning, exercise, pulling out the intestines, suspending the spine, gouging out the knees, and skinning. , Ding Peng But these punishments are not suitable for Mrs.
Qin and Mrs.
Qin.
If the two of them insist on not confessing in prison, it is really difficult to execute them with just one letter.
After a beating, both of them were on the verge of death.
After all, they had been pampered for so many years, and Chongzu Hou Shizi put pressure on them face to face.
The Minister of the Ministry of Punishment imprisoned the eldest lady and the Qin family in the Prison of the Ministry of Punishment.
Let him think about it, why Pry open their mouths.
When the eldest lady was arrested, a maid informed Shen Yao.
Originally, Prince Chongzu had never thought of marrying Shen Yao, but something unexpected happened and he had to marry her.
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He didn't want to care whether the eldest lady lived or died.
But it was Chu Muyuan who sent the eldest lady to the Ministry of Punishment.
Prince Chongzu wanted to take care of this matter.
It would be best if he could save the eldest lady, which meant that Chu Muyuan had slandered the eldest lady.
If he could not save the eldest lady, he would have fulfilled his duty as a son-in-law, and more importantly, he would have caused trouble for Chu Muyuan.
If Chongzu Hou Shizi crosses the line, this case will not be easy to try.
Moreover, this case caused an uproar throughout Kyoto, alarming the emperor and the civil and military officials of the entire court.
If the case cannot be investigated clearly, then the Criminal Department is incompetent.
Marquis Chongzu put pressure on him at the Yizheng Hall, and Uncle Yichun agreed, basically saying that the Ministry of Punishment was not allowed to use torture, which was suspected of subduing him.
However, the Minister of Punishment is not a vegetarian, not to mention that this case was investigated by Prince Xuan, who was supported by the emperor, so he said that punishment was the right of the Punishment Ministry and no one had the right to interfere.
There was a quarrel in the political hall for a while, and the emperor spoke.
He asked Prince Xuan how to investigate this case.
Marquis Chongzu is the biological uncle of the Second Young Master Chu, so he naturally hopes that the Second Young Master Chu will inherit Prince Xuan's Mansion in the future.
But the person who sent the eldest lady to the Ministry of Punishment was Chu Muyuan, the eldest son of Prince Xuan.
The emperor wanted to take this opportunity to see who Prince Xuan would favor.
Prince Xuan glanced at the emperor and said, "Give the Criminal Department five days to do its best to investigate the case.
No one else is allowed to interfere.
If they cannot plead guilty within five days, let them go first."
Everyone helped, and no one helped.
The matter was settled.
Shen Yao visited the prison and told the eldest lady about the matter.
As long as the Criminal Department could not finalize the case within five days, they would be released.
After the court, the Minister of Punishment came to see Chu Muyuan.
He had to tell Chu Muyuan first, lest he could not find out anything after five days and let Chu Muyuan down.
After all, he was not completely sure before.
There are still five days left to ask Mrs.
Qin to plead guilty.
If it were him, he would be able to survive these five days no matter what.
And the incident happened more than ten years ago, and the crime scene had been destroyed long ago.
He didn't even know where to start investigating.
Now that Chu Muyuan can get the letter, there may be other evidence, but not necessarily, at least it will be easier to check than him.
After the Minister of Punishment finished speaking, he looked at Chu Muyuan anxiously.
Chu Muyuan glanced at him sideways and asked slowly, "Master Shangshu means that he has no confidence at all."
He held a soft sword in his hand, and it shone coldly in the sunlight.
Lord Shangshu dares to say that he is not sure at all, he said quickly, "I am 70% sure, but I need to use some extraordinary means, and I need the help of the prince."
The key to this case is still Qin.
She is the direct murderer of Mrs.
Liu, and the eldest lady is the culprit behind it.
If Qin doesn't recruit her, it is impossible for the eldest lady to do so.
They knew very well that once they confessed, there was only one way to die.
If they refused to confess, there was still a way to survive, especially now that someone was rescuing them.
The only solution for now is to collapse it from the inside and let them fight like dogs.
This is the same strategy that Shen Yue used back then.
It's just that he is the Minister of Punishment, so there are some methods that he cannot use.
After hearing the plan of the Minister of Punishment, Chu Muyuan ordered Qin Fengdao, "Try your best to assist the Minister and get them to plead guilty within three days."
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Qin Feng took the order.
Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, "."
He felt that five days was too short, that the prince felt that it was too much, and that he was too hasty.
Chu Muyuan's words were put down, and the Minister of Punishment could only do his best to try the case.
Since Mrs.
Qin and the eldest lady decided to carry him to death, they continued to torture him and beat him severely.
The harder the beating, the more often Ruan Rou, Shen Yao and the Yichun uncle's house visited him, several times a day.
Once, the Minister of Punishment interrogated Mr.
Qin alone.
When Shen Yao passed by, she happened to hear Mr.
Qin talking to the Minister.
Mrs.
Qin was tied to a stool, her clothes were covered with blood, and she was weak.
She raised her head with difficulty and looked at the Minister of Justice, "I take what you said seriously."
The Minister of Punishment looked at her and said, "I don't need to lie to you.
I'll be lenient if I confess and be strict if I resist.
Prince Xuan's intention was not with you.
As long as you plead guilty, he will spare your life.
If he wants to kill you, use Does it take so much effort?”
Mrs.
Qin hesitated and said, "Let me think about it again."
The Minister of Punishment's face turned cold immediately, "You really don't know how to show appreciation.
You still have to think about pie in the sky.
I will give you one day to think about it carefully.
Send her back to the prison for food.
No food is allowed at night."
After saying that, the Minister of Punishment threw up his sleeves and left.
Shen Yao was afraid of being seen and hid quickly.
At that time, she had already met the eldest lady.
She wanted to see the eldest lady, but was stopped by the jailer.
"You can only see her once a day.
I have already met the crown prince's wife just now.
Come back tomorrow."
Shen Yao had no choice but to go back.
However, she was uneasy along the way.
If she were Qin, she would have hesitated what the Minister of Punishment said.
Besides, Qin was afraid of death.
If she hadn't been worried about her mother killing her, she wouldn't have written that letter. .
Originally, she was worried that her mother would kill her to silence her, but now as long as she confesses, Prince Xuan will spare her life and help her except her mother.
As long as she is not a fool, she will know how to choose.
Shen Yao was scared.
She had never dealt with this kind of thing before.
She didn't know what to do.
She found Wu's mother.
Mother Wu has always been with the eldest lady and helped her with many ideas.
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The only way to remedy this is to kill Qin before she speaks.
"How to kill her?
She is locked up in prison and you can't see her at all.
How to kill her?"
Shen Yao said anxiously.
Mother Wu knew that she was anxious, and she was anxious too.
She had watched the eldest lady grow up.
In her heart, she was the master and also her daughter, so she asked, "Does my cousin go to the prison to visit my cousin every day?"
Shen Yao's eyes lit up.
The next day, Ruan Rou went to visit Qin, but was stopped by Shen Yao.
Shen Yao used the excuse to talk to Ruan Rou about how to save Qin and her mother.
Ruan Rou had no doubt about him.
Now the eldest lady and Qin were like grasshoppers on a rope.
They wanted to live together and die together.
At that time, there were people and cars on the street, and it was not convenient to talk, so we got into Shen Yao's carriage.
The two discussed for a while, and Ruan Rou went back.
Shen Yao asked her to persuade Qin not to let go, and the five days passed patiently.
Ruan Rou knew that something happened to her mother, and it was Prince Xuan who sent her to the Ministry of Punishment.
The Ruan family could not help, so they had to rely on Chongzu Hou Mansion and Yichun Bo Mansion.
Ruan Rou went to visit the prison in the Ministry of Punishment.
She brought food and medicine, and gave the jailer five taels of silver to let her go in and serve Qin.
I have to say that this daughter is quite filial.
Ruan Rou fed Qin Shi, but Qin Shi touched the wound whenever she moved.
She was just too hungry last night and the food was so fragrant that she wished she could overturn the whole plate.
Just as he was about to put a piece of braised pork into his mouth, two big mice jumped over, making the maid scream in fright.
The maid was scared, let alone Ruan Rou.
She was so frightened that she dropped the plate with braised pork.
The rats in the cell are not afraid of humans and are very courageous.
Their favorite is the fragrant braised pork.
Qin felt distressed, she looked at Ruan Ju and said, "It's just a few mice, don't be afraid."
In the past, Mrs.
Qin would have been frightened.
She had been used to it after living in prison for a few days.
Ruan Rou's nose felt sore.
She picked up another plate of fish and gave it to Qin.
"Mom, this is your favorite steamed fish.
I asked my servants to pick out the fish bones."
Mrs.
Qin's eyes were red and she was about to open her mouth.
When it was over, the maid screamed again, still a mouse.
Mrs.
Qin was so annoyed in her heart.
This maid must have done it on purpose.
She dropped one plate, then another, what else could she eat?
Mrs.
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Qin was about to get angry, but the maid pointed at the mouse on the ground and said, "It's dead, the mouse is dead."
The mouse was still alive and kicking just now, but it died after eating a piece of braised pork.
Braised pork is poisonous: